Moira Barry ’14

"Playing sports in college has truly taught me balance. Not only is time management essential to success as a student athlete, but I feel I enjoy both school and lacrosse more because I do both."

Hometown
Framingham, Massachusetts

Major
Psychology

Study interest
Sports psychology and photography

Sport
Women's lacrosse

Favorite course
Memory in Everyday Life

Favorite project
Designing a statistical study to see if there's a correlation between the kindness strangers display when they're asked for directions and the inquirer's physical attractiveness.

Service project
Helping out any time I can at a food pantry at home, where my mom is a director. Even the littlest things can make a difference in another person's life.

What stands out most about your Boston College experience so far?
BC instills a desire for knowledge, as opposed to simply feeding its students facts and figures. The professors do an excellent job of making the information applicable to the "real world," as well as fresh and interesting.